staff reporter,London(wp/es):
Union bosses and London Underground are to enter fresh talks in a bid to avert the latest planned strikes over the Night Tube proposals.
Three 24-hour strikes are scheduled to take place over the next five weeks as the bitter dispute over the all-night Underground service rumbles on.
However, London Underground will sit down with leaders of the Aslef, RMT and Unite unions on Friday in the hope of reaching a deal and staving off the industrial action, under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas.
The latest series of strikes announced on Monday by Aslef and RMT are scheduled to take place for 24 hours from 9pm on Tuesday, January 26; Monday, February 15; and Wednesday, February 17.
Finn Brennan, Aslef's organiser on London Underground, said: "We'll be back at Acas on Friday aiming, and hoping, to do a deal. I only hope that TfL will turn up with the same attitude.
"A world class capital city like London deserves a 24-hour service but it needs to work for those of who provide that public service, as well as for the passengers who use it, and the management at TfL.
“London Underground needs to stop bullying and start negotiating."
An RMT spokesman said the union will attend the fresh talks in the hope of breaking the deadlock.
Boris Johnson on Monday criticised the unions’ latest plans for industrial action as “a disgrace”.
The long-running dispute centres on pay and proposed shift patterns for affected Underground workers.
Union bosses and London Underground are to enter fresh talks in a bid to avert the latest planned strikes over the Night Tube proposals.
Three 24-hour strikes are scheduled to take place over the next five weeks as the bitter dispute over the all-night Underground service rumbles on.
However, London Underground will sit down with leaders of the Aslef, RMT and Unite unions on Friday in the hope of reaching a deal and staving off the industrial action, under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas.
The latest series of strikes announced on Monday by Aslef and RMT are scheduled to take place for 24 hours from 9pm on Tuesday, January 26; Monday, February 15; and Wednesday, February 17.
Finn Brennan, Aslef's organiser on London Underground, said: "We'll be back at Acas on Friday aiming, and hoping, to do a deal. I only hope that TfL will turn up with the same attitude.
"A world class capital city like London deserves a 24-hour service but it needs to work for those of who provide that public service, as well as for the passengers who use it, and the management at TfL.
“London Underground needs to stop bullying and start negotiating."
An RMT spokesman said the union will attend the fresh talks in the hope of breaking the deadlock.
Boris Johnson on Monday criticised the unions’ latest plans for industrial action as “a disgrace”.
The long-running dispute centres on pay and proposed shift patterns for affected Underground workers.
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